Streetwise: When will Dave & Buster's open at Bay Park Square?

Green Bay Press-Gazette business reporter Jeff Bollier, aka Streetwise, wants to hear from you with news on new businesses, openings, closings, expansions and improvements. You can contact him at jbollier@gannett.com. March 14, 2018.
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ASHWAUBENON - Bay Park Square Mall has started to make room for Dave & Buster's.

Demolition crews have already started to remove part of the former Younkers Furniture Gallery on the mall's west side in order to create additional parking and a new entrance for the "adult Chuck E. Cheese." Crews took a big chunk out of the building and hauled dumpsters full of material out of the site.

Dave & Buster's will occupy 27,000 square feet of space and connect directly into the mall. The additional parking is required because plans also call for the addition of three more restaurants planned for the mall property: Panda Express, Mission BBQ and Blaze Pizza. Those three eateries will be located in outlot buildings closer to South Oneida Street.

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Demolition currently underway at Bay Park Square Mall will create space for a new Dave & Busters restaurant on the mall's west side.(Photo: Jeff Bollier/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin)

But Streetwise knows why you're here and it's not for a recap of square footage and prior news. You want to know when you can hit the arcade or book your birthday party there.

The answer, per a Bay Park Square media release, is the holiday season ... of 2020.

Building plans call for a dining room and bar with seating for more than 250 people, an arcade and a party room that can accommodate more than 40 people. Dave & Buster's expects to employ 200 people once it opens.

This will be the chain's third Wisconsin location and April Spearman, vice president of marketing for Dave & Buster's, said she expects the chain will get the same warm welcome its other two Wisconsin locations have received.

"Wisconsin has always welcomed Dave & Buster’s with open arms, and we look forward to providing the Green Bay community with the very best in food, drinks, games, entertainment and fun," Spearman said.

Streetwise is Press-Gazette business reporter Jeff Bollier. Have a question or a tip? Contact Jeff at (920) 431-8387 or jbollier@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @GBstreetwise.